Japan calls assault on teenager 'deplorable'
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November 3, 2012, Saturday
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JAPAN complained yesterday about a "deplorable" incident in which a US serviceman is believed to have assaulted a teenaged boy on the southern island of Okinawa where opposition to US military bases is running high.
The US ambassador to Japan, John Roos, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry over the incident and later said the US was very upset about it and would cooperate fully in an investigation.
A US servicemen was suspected of breaking into an apartment to assault the boy early yesterday, media said.
The incident came shortly after the US imposed a night-time curfew on military personnel after two US servicemen were arrested on suspicion of raping a Japanese woman.
Many people on Okinawa oppose a US base there and disagree with a government decision to allow the US to deploy Osprey hybrid aircraft on the island despite concern about their safety.
"This happened when a night-time curfew was in place and it is extremely deplorable," Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was quoted as saying by Kyodo news agency. "A supposedly impermissible thing has happened."
A foreigner, reportedly a US serviceman, broke into a flat and hit a 13-year old boy in the face, police said.
The US ambassador to Japan, John Roos, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry over the incident and later said the US was very upset about it and would cooperate fully in an investigation.
A US servicemen was suspected of breaking into an apartment to assault the boy early yesterday, media said.
The incident came shortly after the US imposed a night-time curfew on military personnel after two US servicemen were arrested on suspicion of raping a Japanese woman.
Many people on Okinawa oppose a US base there and disagree with a government decision to allow the US to deploy Osprey hybrid aircraft on the island despite concern about their safety.
"This happened when a night-time curfew was in place and it is extremely deplorable," Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was quoted as saying by Kyodo news agency. "A supposedly impermissible thing has happened."
A foreigner, reportedly a US serviceman, broke into a flat and hit a 13-year old boy in the face, police said.
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